Author Archives: Sarah
Soloman Islands, Vanuatu & Sydney 31 October- 12 November 2023
Solomon Islands (also known as the Solomons) consists of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia. The country has an area of over 28,000 km2 and an estimated population of 750,000. Honiara located on the largest island, Guadalcanal is the capital and largest city. First … Continue reading
Papau New Guinea 23-30 October 2023
Papua New Guinea Bordering Indonesia to the west and Australia to the south, PNG is an island country located on the Pacific Ocean. It occupies the east half of New Guinea Island that is in both Australia and Oceania, and some nearby islands. Papau and New Guinea used to be separate entities, influenced and colonized … Continue reading
Indonesia October 7-22, 2023
Why Bali – Vanuatu on Heritage Adventure 2023 I had booked two expeditions with the Heritage Expedition to explore the coast of Sea of Okhotsk and Kamchatka in May-June 2020. COVID 19 threw the world upside down. A year later the Ukraine war made it impossible to visit Russia. I therefore switched to a one-month long expedition … Continue reading
Fujian Pilgrimage 21-27 September 2023
I joined a 5-day pilgrimage trip to Fujian 福建 (September 21-25) organised by the Buddhist Compassion Organisation and stayed behind in the Fuzhou for two more days a few days. It is a nice discovery tour : while the basic structures and layout of all Chinese temples have similar features, all the nine temples visited … Continue reading
Sri Lanka (2) 16-31 August 2023
Sri Lanka (1) 16-31 August 2023
Sydney & Melbourn 29 July – 6 August, 2023
Taiwan June 16-26, 2023
Why this trip? Lawrence (my younger brother) and Sally (sister-in-law) moved to Pengh澎湖, Taiwan in 2021. On hearing that Lili, my niece, would be visiting her parents in June, I decided to join her as I would have enough time to complete my capstone project which was due in end July. My friends Leung, Flora … Continue reading
New Year in Sydney December 25, 2022- January 10, 2023
The spectacular New Year fireworks in Sydney have been on the bucket list of many travelers. Though I am not a fireworks fanatic, I decided to make a special trip to Sydney over Christmas when my brother Alan and my cousin Wini decided to celebrate their 70th birthday and watch fireworks together in Sydney. This special … Continue reading